Montana Lawyer Shores Links to Great Northern and Amalgamated
A. J. Shores rose from a Minnesota village to join Great Northern Railway law in Montana, then became chief counsel for Amalgamated Copper. Now with Chadbourne Shores in New York, he earns hundreds of thousands yearly while negotiating rifles contracts with Britain and Russia.
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Montana
Great Northern Railway Company
St. Paul
Great Falls
A. J. Shores
United States
New York
Chadbourne& Shores
Chadbourne & Shores
Remington
Winchester
Union Metallic Cartridge
Midvale Steel
Ordinnance
Mir. Shores
Shores
Minnesota
Law Department
Great Northern
Amalgamated
Cpper’ Mining Company
Thomas L. Cladbourne
Northwest telegraph line to rival Western Union and Postal
Louis W. Hill president of Great Northern announced a plan to organize a big telegraph company in the northwest to compete with Western Union and Postal. He said western railroads are forming a corporation to control about 48000 miles of lines and will use their own wires and men to handle railroad business at cost. Participating lines include Great Northern Northern Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul with others possible.
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Northwest
Western Union
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern
Western Railroads
Great ,Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Montana poet John B. Ritch recalls old West verse
John B. Ritch of Lewistown Montana writes vivid verse on pioneer life and Montana figures. The piece notes his early reluctance to publish while praising his mastery of the Old West image and introducing his poem Monte Jones about a stage driver and the historic six-boss route toward Highwood and Billings.
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John B. Ritch
Lewistown
Montana
Rocky Mountain States
Russell
Frank Linderman
Popular Magazine
Monte Jones
Driver
Monte
Benton
Billings
Highwood
Cussin
Cow Land
The Gray John the Montana Legendary Gray Horse
The famed Montana pioneer horse Gray John, owned by Martin Barrett and Joseph Shineberger, traversed from Horse Prairie to Bannack in six hours. Dutch John the bandit tried to steal him. Barrett traded a mule and gear for safety. Gray John later died after suffering mountain fever, ending a storied frontier life among early Montana settlers.
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Mwolden Bear
California
Jackass
Gray John
Barrett
Bannack
Dutch John
Tom Pitt
Helena
Wes Travis
Travis
D. B. Mason
Benaverhead County
Matt
Horse Prairie
Shoulder
Keatings Life One Big Laugh Bigger Than Everett True
Montana state auditor William Keating, famed for his size and popular appeal, becomes the subject of a humorous anecdote about a silver set joke staged by an eastern acquaintance during a legislative session. The tale highlights Keating’s hometown pride in Missoula and an old prank about a faux “horror” rumor, illustrating his broad local fame.
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William Keatin
Commonwealth of Montana
Everett True
William
Mondak
Thompson Falls
Eureka
Monida
Keating
Jones
Helena
Bill
Missoula
Capitol
Aswell
New York
London
Butte
Higgins
Missoula Avenue
Milwaukee
Thanksgiving Day Haunts Helena Pioneer Fighter
A. M. Holter recalls his first Montana Thanksgiving spent amid Plummer gang conflicts. He bears a forehead scar from a clash with George Ives, later hanged by Virginia City vigilantes. Holter says November brought constant danger, not turkey, but survival.
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A. M. Holter
Helena
Montana
Plummer
George Ives
Ives
Virginia City
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New York City
Great Northern and Amalgamated Company
Ritch
Waybill
Story
Dave Melton
Melton
John
Bandit
Buck Stinson
Henry Plummer
Palm
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